Devoxx: Your Code Base as a Crime Scene by Scott Sosna

TL;DR

Ever felt like your code base is a crime scene? Scott Sosna uses the Cluedo board game as a fun metaphor to show how lost architectural vision, dead code, inconsistent patterns and security through obscurity can pile up. Instead of just pointing at the messy state, he digs into the journey—was it a sleep-deprived engineer, an overpromising product manager, or a non-technical leader calling the shots?

By tracing these “whodunits” back to their triggers, you’ll learn how organizational quirks and split responsibilities start the decline in code quality—and, more importantly, what you as an engineer can do to safeguard both your code and yourself.

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